Lotus Notes to support SCO OpenServer Release 5.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--SCO (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SCOC SCOC Supreme Court of Canada SCOC Second Coming of Christ SCOC System Control and Operations Concept SCOC Saginaw Community Outreach Center (Saginaw, Michigan) ) and Lotus Development Corp. (NASDAQ:LOTS) today announced that Lotus Notes Release 3.30 has been certified to support SCO OpenServer Release 5, the next-generation Business Critical Server. Available immediately, Lotus Notes for SCO OpenServer Release 5 combines the fastest-growing client/server groupware application development environment with one of the leading Business Critical Server for the Intel architecture. SCO OpenServer Release 5 offers Notes users increased reliability and scalability as well as more emphasis on Windows and PC connectivity. It also offers better administrative tools for geographically dispersed sites. "Notes has proven to be a blockbuster productivity application in the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). market, offering customers a complete and open, cross-platform business solution," said Jeff Papows, vice president of Lotus' Communications Business Group. "Notes for UNIX provides the scalability, reliability, and flexibility needed for deploying business critical applications in distributed environments. As SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. is one of the leaders in the UNIX market, SCO OpenServer Release 5 is an obvious component in our UNIX strategy." Scott McGregor, SCO senior vice president and general manager, server products, said, "Lotus Notes is currently one of the hottest new products for Windows system-based client/server computing. SCO OpenServer Release 5 provides enhanced scalability and reliability for Notes customers on the Intel platform." Lotus Notes is the leading client-server platform for developing and deploying strategic groupware applications that help organizations communicate, collaborate and coordinate strategic business processes within and beyond their organizational boundaries to achieve improved business results. More than 5,500 companies and 1.57 million people use Notes to improve key business processes such as customer service, sales and account management, and product development. Lotus Notes supports all major operating systems including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/2 Warp, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and Windows NT, and UNIX platforms including IBM AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Sun Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , and SCO OpenServer system. Notes is also available as a NetWare loadable module See NLM. for the Novell environment. SCO OpenServer Release 5 is the only Business Critical Server operating system See network operating system. for the Intel platform that protects customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks, and hardware. Advanced reliability, availability, and scalability features are now built-in, enabling businesses of all sizes to combine the power and security of large-scale systems with the exceptional price-performance value and flexibility of commodity server hardware based on Intel microprocessors. SCO is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host systems, with more unit shipments in 1994 than Sunsoft's Solaris 1 and 2, IBM's AIX, HP's HP-UX, and Novell's UnixWare combined (source: IDC, latest analysis 12/94). SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance, and government, as well as corporate departments and small to medium-size businesses of every kind. SCO is also the leading provider of software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with servers from all of the major UNIX System vendors. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, refer to SCO's home page on the World Wide Web URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.sco.com. Lotus Development Corp. (NASDAQ:LOTS), founded in 1982, offers high quality software products and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services that reflect the company's unique understanding of the new ways in which individuals and businesses must work together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative approach is evident in a new class of applications that allows information to be accessed and communicated in ways never before possible, both within and beyond organizational boundaries. The company now markets its products in more than 80 countries worldwide and provides numerous support services, both from its consulting division and its award-winning 24-hour support center. -0- Note to Editors: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , SCO Open Server, Open Desktop and the SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the USA and other countries. Windows Friendly is a trademark of IXI Limited. UNIX is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). . Notes is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. CONTACT: The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. Barbara LoFranco, 408/427-7157 fax: 408/427-5418 or Rourke & Company Sandra Skees, 408/453-9194 fax: 408/453-6301 or Lois Paul & Partners Diane Horak/Kevin Kosh, 617/862-4514 fax: 617/862-7933 |
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